Example sentences of "[adv] do anything [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , although we welcome legislation that deals with the serious issues , and although we have promised to consider it carefully in Committee , we can not do anything about the crime figures . |
| 2 | The archbishop hoped that this offer would be sufficient to restore peace , and Lancaster together with Wake and others swore a solemn oath that they had not done anything against the estate of the king or to the dishonour of his royal lordship . |
| 3 | She held his , defiantly and strongly , determined not to do anything of the sort . |
| 4 | Erm you 're now you 're not doing anything at the moment , we we agreed it was resting . |
| 5 | Oh she 's erm , she 's not doing anything at the moment because erm |
| 6 | He 'd left the local school as early as his birthday would allow and had n't really done anything for the following year except watch his father die . |
| 7 | Of course , it had n't so far done anything of the kind , and he had to arrive at the best thing to do in the circumstances . |
| 8 | But old habits die hard and I did n't do anything of the sort , but sat there pleasantly planning my new wardrobe , with the clothing coupons and the sum of money that a grateful Government had allowed me . |
| 9 | ‘ I wo n't do anything of the sort ! ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not particularly fond of the control layout , either ; all the pots in a row look a bit ‘ lumpy ’ and do n't do anything for the line of the body . |
| 11 | It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward . |
| 12 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
| 13 | I mean he kept , I mean he did n't do anything to the city you ca n't even see it from the old one 's still standing and it 's in the wrong it 's so nice . |
| 14 | His house was full of things she had only ever seen in old films with Rock Hudson and Doris Day : a vacuum cleaner , which did the work of a suckerdrone ; a gramophone , which played unwieldy round black musidiscs with added scratch and hiss as part of the music ; an electric kettle that took ages , maybe two minutes , to heat up enough water for a cup of recaff , and did n't do anything about the impurities and pollutants . |
| 15 | The GenTech labs could n't do anything about the common cold and no government had been able to develop a workable public transport system , but when it came to deathware , why , there were wonderful new toys on the market every fall , just in time for Christmas . |
| 16 | And I could n't do anything about the body , could I ? |
| 17 | But , since she could n't do anything about the car situation until that wretched part had been delivered , should n't she concentrate her worries on what she could do something about ? |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't do anything with the matter if you wo n't give me the details . |
| 19 | I do n't do anything in the morning you know . |
| 20 | So , they could n't do anything in the meantime . |
| 21 | Terry Thomas : That 's impossible you know I would n't do anything behind the backs of the unions |
| 22 | ‘ Janine wo n't do anything around the place . ’ |
| 23 | Right , I have n't done anything about the |
| 24 | Well I have n't done anything at the moment because I di I did n't think it was worth it actually . |
| 25 | Well I have n't done anything at the moment because I did n't I did n't think it was worth it actually . |
| 26 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 27 | When he wrenched his back he was n't doing anything in the house , when he wrenched his back all he was doing was lifting the carton of the back seat of the car . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 29 | Ken was warned by Horne never to do anything of the kind again . |
| 30 | ‘ You never do anything right , you never do anything for the right reasons . |